Title - Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday Author: Viorst, Judith Publisher: Annick Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Alexander has problems holding on to his money. Last Sunday, Alexander's grandparents gave him a dollar -- and he was rich. There were so many things that he could do with all of that money! Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 453 2.6 620 Amazon RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels Sentences Total Words Different Words Max Word/Sent 30 Total # of Words 933 # of Different Words 311 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 576 61.7% # of Hi freq words 130 41.8% % of Long Sentences 10 Low Freq occurs 38 4.1% # of Low freq words 19 6.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Oral/Natural Inferences: Some implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Topics Counting Money Family *Economics Numbers Low Frequency Words absolutely bury college diamonds eyed flushed jersey lox nicholas pearson's positively rescued returnable scissors smushed stoop talkie tokens walkie